Combination garment-suspender



PATENTED JAN. 26, 1904.

W. B. TYLER.

COMBINATION GARMENT SUSPENDER.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 23, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINATION GARMENT-SUSPENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 750,325, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed December 23, 1902. Serial No. 136,348. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BUZBY TYLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Combination Garment-Suspender, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to a combination garment-suspender.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofgarment-supporting devices and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient one designed for the reception of garments of both men andwomen and adapted to suspend a considerable number of the same, wherebya comparatively large number of garments may be properly cared forwithin a very small space.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment-Suspender ofthis character adapted to be supported by a rod, nail, hook, or similarfastening device and to enable the means for engagingsuch pole orfastening device to support the collar of a coat inproper position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the claims hereto appended, it being understood that,

changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope ofthe claims may be made without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment-suspendingdevice constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

. 1 designates an oppositely-tapered bar formng the body portion of thegarment-suspend- Ing device and having a curved upper edge to conform tothe configuration of a coat or similar garment, and extending from theends of the bar 1 are coat-supporting loops 2, located at the upper edgeof the bar and substantially following the curvature of the same to formcontinuations thereof. The ooat-supporting loops, which are preferablyconstructed of a single piece of stout wire or similar material, areformed by coiling the wire to strengthen the outer portion of the loopsand to provide the side portions thereof, and the terminals 3 of thewire are bent. inward to form the inner transverse end portions of thecoat-supporting loops and are provided with eyes for embracing theadjacent side of the loop.

The intermediate portion of the wire or other material of which thecoat-supporting loops are constructed is extended longitudinally of thebar or body portion of the garment-suspending device and is secured tothe rear face of the same by means of staples, which receive theintermediate portion 5 of the wire near the ends of the bar or bodyportion. The intermediate connecting portion of the wire is centrallyextended to form a combined collar-supporting device and means forengaging a rod, hook, nail,or other fastening device. The wire isangularly bent to form two sides 6 and is secured by staples 7 or othersuitable fastening devices arranged at the lower ends of the shanks ofthe hook-shaped sides 6. These hook shaped sides form anupwardly-extending double hook and are connected at their outerdepending portions or bills 8 by an inverted-U-shaped portion 9.

The U-shaped connecting piece or portion 9' Y is located at the innersides or faces of the bills of the double hook and reinforce the same,which are connected at their upper ends by the top of the U-shapedconnecting piece or portion, which prevents any separation of the sidesof the double hook and which is arranged to engage a nail, hook, orsimilar fastening device for suspending the garmentsupporting device.The double hook is also adapted to engage a horizontal pole or rod,which will extend longitudinally of the bar or ing knob or enlargement.

body portion and whichwill not interfere with the hanging of garments onthe garment-suspending device. The double hook, which extends upwardfrom the center of the bar or body portion, is arranged to support thecollar of a coat for holding the same in proper position.

The bar or body portion 1 is provided at its opposite faces withgarment-receiving hooks 10 and 11. The front hooks are arranged at thecenter and opposite side of the garmentsupporting device, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the rear hooks are located atopposite sides of the center of the rear face of the bar or body, asshown in Fig. 2; but the hooks may be arranged in any other desiredmanner, as will be readily understood. Each hook consists of a curvedportion 12, centrally connected with an attachment-plate 13 andsupported by a horizontal connecting portion 14:, forming a brace andextending from the upper end of the curved portion to theattachment-plate. The curved portion 12, which is disposed in a verticalplane, curves downward and outward from the attachmentplate andterminates in an upwardly-extend- These hooks are adapted to receiveskirts and other garments, and the bar or body portion 1 is alsoprovided at its upper. edge with knobs 15, arranged at opposite sides ofthe center and adapted to receive and support shirts and other lightgarments. The knobs, which may be of any desired construction, arepreferably provided with threaded shanks, which are screwed into the baror body portion 1, the latter being preferably constructed of wood.

The garment-suspending device is adapted for the reception of garmentsof both men and women, and it is capable of receiving and properlyarranging a comparatively large number of garments and of enabling thesame to be arranged within a comparatively small space. Thecentrally-arranged upwardly-extending double hook is not only adapted topermit the suspending device to be hung in a variety of ways, but it isalso arranged to form a support for the collar of a coat or analogousgarment for holding the same in proper position. Also thegarment-supporting hooks by being arranged at the front and rear facesof the bar or body portion are adapted when subjected to the weight ofgarments to prevent the same from twisting or canting the device.

What is claimed is- 1. A garment-suspending device provided with meansfor holding garments, and having an upwardly-extendingtransversely-disposed hook composed of two sides spaced apart andprovided at the outer ends thereof with a connecting portion arranged toengage a fastenhooks and arranged to engage a fastening device,substantially as described.

3. A garment-suspending device comprising a bar or body portion,coat-supporting loops, and a collar-supporting device formed integralwith the loops, and consisting of a centrally-arrangedupwardly-extending transversely-disposed double hook'composed of twosides spaced apart, and an inverted-U-shaped portion connecting'thesides of the double hook at the bills thereof, substantially asdescribed.

4. A garment-suspending device comprising a bar forming a body portionand presenting flat vertical front and rear faces,m'eans for suspendingit from a support, and garment receiving means projecting from each ofthe faces of the bar or body portion, substantially as described.

5. A garment-suspending device comprising a bar forming a body portionpresenting flat vertical front and rear faces, means arranged at the topthereof for suspending it from a support, and hooks extending from eachof the faces of the bar or body portion and arranged to receivegarments, substantially as described.

6. A garment-suspending device comprising a bar forming a body portionpresenting flat vertical front and rear faces, knobs projecting from thebar at the upper edges thereof, and a suspending device located betweenthe knobs and arranged to support a collar, substantially as described.

7. A garment-suspending device comprising a bar forming a body portionpresenting flat vertical front and rear faces, a centralcollar-supporting device consisting of a hook for suspending the bar orbody portion from a support, garment-receiving hooks projecting fromeach of the faces ofthe bar or body portion, and knobs arranged at theupper edge of the bar or body portion, substantially as described.

8. A garment-suspending device comprising a bar or body portion,coat-supporting loops extending from the ends of the bar or bodyportion, a central collar-supporting device consisting of a transverselydisposed double hook composed of two sides spaced apart, and aninverted-U-shaped portion connecting the sides of the double hook at thebills thereof and arranged to engage a fasten- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as ing device, knobs arranged at the upper edge my own Ihave hereto aflixed my signature in of the bar or body portion andlocated at opthe presence of two Witnesses.

posite sides of the collar-supporting device, WILLIAM BUZBY TYLER. 5 andgarment-receiving hooks extending from Witnesses:

the opposite faces of the bar or body portion, WILLIAM H. PosT,

substantially as described. CHARLES G. KAY.

